A 13MP AF camera f/2.2 (Samsung – ultra fast focus within 0.1sec with phase detection Autofocus) is packed on the rear with LED flash and a 5MP camera on the front. Key features are 4G, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The Redmi Note 2 weight with a 3060 mAh battery is 160 grams and thickness is 8.25mm.

Redmi Note 2 will be available in 2 variants for RMB 799 (₹8,000) and RMB 899 (₹9,000).

The Redmi Note 2 Prime is also using the Helio X10 octa core chipset clocked at 2.2GHz. It is also running MIUI 7 with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage. The screen is 5.5 inches with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. I guess it will also come with 13MP rear camera and 5MP front camera.

The Redmi Note 2 Prime is priced at RMB 999 (₹10,100).

Mi Wi-Fi Nano is a small but smart router that fits in your palm. It occupies less space but provides strong signal coverage. There is micro USB port that can be used to connect with Mi- Bank making it a portable device.

Dear Gogi,
Redmi Note 2 is available in GearBest website. Is safe to buy from this website? In India whether we will get service support? Suggest any alternate device with this configuration under Rs. 10000. Pl reply. Thanks.

xiaomi is not exactly banned from using mediatech processors phone. Actually in mediatech processor, it does not have inbuilt modem. That they have to use from ericsson. In the case of snapdragon’s they have in built modem, so no dependency.

Now if helios 10x has internal modem,then they can easily release the phone.

Qualcomm paid the royalty to Ericsson for using its 2G/3G technology which has patent.

mediatek not paying the Ericsson royalty, that’s why it is cheaper than Snapdragon.

mobile manufacture has to pay royalty, it’s not about modem.

however the royalty case on Xiaomi India successfully clamming that in Snapdragon processor the royalty already been paid to Ericsson at the time of manufacture of SOC and no need to pay double time, and Redmi Note 3G is banned for mediatek processor.

That’s incorrect buddy, they must be misinformed. Even on the Xiaomi Chinese website, the specs say expansion slot is present [http://www.mi.com/note2/specs/]. Also, there are some unboxing and first look videos out on youtube already and though they are in chinese, you can definitely see them showing the microSD card slot. Just check this one if you don’t want to search: https://youtu.be/Z7hq7BhLkdw?t=11m.

Gogi bro, Redmi Note 2 does have an expansion slot. If you look at this video [https://youtu.be/Z7hq7BhLkdw?t=11m] at the 11:00 min mark, you will see that it can use a microSD card. I don’t understand what the person is saying, but the hands-on video is quite clear as to external storage support. Hope you can update your article so that prospective buyers won’t be disappointed. Cheers!

Only Processor (helio x10) and FHD screen is good….
Main drawbacks are- No gorilla glass protection, Plastic body, lack of sd card support upto 128 gb or atleast 64 gb while others are going upto 2TB support….
If they can overcome these drawbacks and priced below rs..15000-17000 then it will be a real monster…..

There’s no pleasing you is there? Micro SD? iPhones never have one, and no one complaints. (fyi this phone has one). Even so, not all of us carry our lifetime worth media on our phones. Stop bargaining and let me welcome you to reality, you won’t find any phone better than this in this prize. ‘It’s a really great phone’ is that really hard to say it? I literally Lol when you’re expecting more than plastic in this price. Even Samsung flagships come with a plastic body. haha

Not anymore,dude. All Samsung Galaxy S6 versions are a non plastic beauty. I know you are well aware of this reality but just telling you again in case you are still reeling under the disaster of Galaxy S5. lol.

Samsung Camera is still far better, even if I take pictures with my old Note 2, it’s clarity, in depth details and focus are far batter than any other Chinese Mobile whether Xiaomi or Lenovo. Though Note 2 Camera is only 8 MP and the mobile is almost 3 years old.

Really? Comparing xiaomi s quality with yu??? And moreover this phone comes with 3000+ mah battery, sunlight display, and samsung camera with pdaf… Even without the processor the specs of redmi note 2 out do yureka plus. But really wish they dont release it with this generation snapdragon processor.. Mayb next generations will be a good one? Lets see

Bro Shiju..
Dnt go with specs war –no doesnt matter in real world however it is real world experience and performance that matters..
remember specs hype with Mi4i, so called sunlight display and FullHD screen; all that translated in nothing when we got phone in our hand.

You can have batteries with even 4000+ mah however what matters is coupling of h/w with s/w cz that will result in good outcomeof battery.
You can say 2500 mah of Nokia Lumia series phones bettry is better than 3000 mah mmx canvas gold battery.

Yeah..this is what I want u all to understand that sw plays even bigger role than numbers of hw..
U get a Samsung sensor or Sony sensor …bt if a company does not optimize camera app then performance of camera module will be average..be it a 20MP of 13MP..
Similarly with battery backup..phone will drain battery if sw is not optimized properly..

Look at Iphone 5s…small no in hw…bt still can give a fight to galaxy flagships or one series of HTC or even Z series of Sony..

Xiaomi don’t have the Ericson owned parent rights for 2g ,3g… And mediatek chipset by default doest comes with this patent right… But Snapdragon chipsets owns these patents. So xiaomi can very well use them(snapdragon) and sell in india..for xiaomi to sell mediatek chipsets in india, they have to buy the patent rights for 2g ,3g separately from ericson… Other brands like htc, etc u mentioned., own the patent rights for 2g,3g. So they can very well sell their devices with mediatek… U clear? Or did i confuse u?

Redmi Note 2 has two variants : 4G connectivity on both SIM slots (TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE) for 899 and another one is 4G connectivity on the first SIM and 3G on the secondary SIM (TDD-LTE and TD-SCDMA) for 799.

I will wait for confirmation and see if the same is updated on their official website. And any way what difference does it make if it has SD card or not, they are not going to sell unless MediaTek ban is lifted.